One of the strategic initiatives developed and implemented by the EPAC Board of Directors has been to grow a budget that is both transparent and reliable. Our organizational income is dependent upon 3 primary income streams: fundraising, grant writing and ticket sales. We established a Grants Committee within our Board structure to enable us to better plan for, develop and utilize our grant resources.

Over the past 5 years, EPAC has met with increasing success in grant writing. This has positioned the organization to be able to recruit artists and secure contracts in advance of our upcoming seasons and has strengthened our ability to bring bigger and better performances to our community.

The following illustrates our grant writing success during the past couple years:

2022-2023

• Park County Community Foundation

• Give a Hoot

• Gardiner Resort Area District

• Western States Art Federation

• National Endowment for the Arts

• Montana Performing Arts Consortium Presenter Development Program, which is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts

• Montana Arts Council, and legislative grant from Montana’s Cultural Trust

• Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

2020-21:

Gardiner Resort Area District Rollover Request — Shakespeare in the Parks — $1,475

Gardiner Resort Area District Rollover Request — Youth Initiative for Missoula Children’s Theatre — $2,600

Gardiner Resort Area District Rollover Request — Matching Funds for Parks Reece & Jo Nasvik LaPorte — $2,000

Western States Arts Federation TourWest Transition to Operations — Stringfever — $1,500

Western States Arts Federation TourWest — DeeDee Darby Duffin — $750

Montana Performing Arts Consortium* — Season Support — $2,000

Montana Arts Council Artist in Schools & Communities — Jo Nasvik LaPorte — $1,499

Park County Community Foundation — Season Support — $3,000

*includes funding from the Montana Arts Council, Montana Cultural Trust & the National Endowment for the Arts

2019-2000:

Gardiner Resort Area District — Shakespeare in the Parks — $1,475

Gardiner Resort Area District — Youth Initiative — $4,900

Gardiner Resort Area District — Matching Funds for Ingrid Nixon & Stringfever — $3,501

Western States Arts Federation TourWest — Stringfever — $1,500

Western States Arts Federation TourWest — Dennis Stroughmatt et L-Esprit Creole — $650

Western States Arts Federation IMTour — Maiah Wynne — $750

Montana Performing Arts Consortium* — Season Support — $900

Montana Arts Council Artist in Schools & Communities — Ingrid Nixon Storyteller — $1,499

Park County Community Foundation — Season Support — $3,000

*includes funding from the Montana Arts Council, Montana Cultural Trust & the National Endowment for the Arts